The unlikely candidate.

So here i am holding out for doug, he talks to me like shit, he never says how he feels, i dont know where its going, i want to beleive that this will one day be everything ive ever been searching for when the truth is i probably know it wont be but im still here holding on, allowing thr ridiculous behaviour to continue- its like a playground romance...really its that silly.

Then theres someone else who gives you that desired attention.., at first i felt guilty because its almost like i was pretending that the affection was coming from doug, using this person as a substitute when doug angered me. But somethings changed...

I dont know to what extent yet, and i dont know if i believe myself yet but something has definatley changed.

Friend: Get the Scissors

So he tells you he's into you.
You are clearly into him.
He says he doesnt want a relationship.
Your not even sure thats what you want.
He's not even sleeping with you.
Because 'hes a gentleman'?
Is he tying up loose ends? Or unravelling old ones?

Whatever it is:ITS BOLLOCKS hes just messing you around.

The carefree one, the party girl, the one that thought she would never fall in love, has fallen. She is trapped in a bubble of false hope and anticipation. Waiting. Waiting for him to REALISE he loves her too. Ive been there....i waited... got hurt...waited some more...got hurt a bit more....and then woke up to realisation that relationships like this NEVER work. The only reason we are waiting and hoping is because we want to prove to ourselves that we can make him love us, but the truth is untill he does we will be miserable. Absolute misery, that even the funniest of things will only scracth the surface or our emotions. We will think about him every minute of every day, and the pain of wanting him and not having him will hurt from the deepest point in our stomachs, it will be physical pain and HE IS NOT WORTH IT.

'HOW DO I STOP FEELING LIKE THIS?'

My dearest friend, you get the scissors out and you burst the bubble you are in. Cut him out of your life. You were happy before he was in it and will be happier as soon as he is out of it.

Love your best friend Dougy.xxx

Taking a Bullet

So i wasnt expecting that one.

You can feel it coming... your heart begins to burn and your face glows, and then the burning feeling floods every part of your body. Then all manner of emotions start leaking from your eyes, leaving a salty residue down your cheeks. They seep into your lips and suddenly you can taste your own pain. It really hurts.

The worst part is you didnt even see it coming.

I dont want you, but i dont want anyone else to have you.

doug.

Why is that we always want the one we cant have?
I know its a big cliche but its true... and its annoying. Really bloody annoying.

My One: Lets call him doug.

doug is gorgeous but i just cant figure him out
I can go from months without speaking to Doug, and then I just get a feeling, like i know when im going to bump into him. Its really surreal because each time- this has happened about 4 times over 4 years, I find myself making a bigger effort just in case we rendevouz.
On each occasion i see him, i know hes happy to see me, i can see the sparkle in his eye. But does he realise ive been waiting to see him, exactly like this...by accident? Probably Not.

doug is the ultimate no 'x'man and a keen player in The Waiting Game.
He is a very clever man.

The Waiting Game.

Women hate to be kept waiting. Fact.
We like dates/ times and arrangements. Fact.

We dont like to be left HANGING.

We dont like checking our phone every 2 minutes to see if they've text back...
We dont like turning our phones off and then back on 5 minutes later because that will teach him! It wont.
We dont like wondering if we're doing something tonight.

Yet its the waiting that keeps us interested in playing.

We dont like the keen bean: The one who replies before we have even put your phone down. In fact your probably the person who we hate the most because were waiting to hear from someone else and its you. Again.
We dont like the one who texts MORE THAN ONCE before we have replied. We think your sad.
We dont like the one who ALWAYS instant messages us. Your Annoying.

Men: If you want us. Make us wait..

If we want you....we'll wait.
If we dont.We wont.

The No 'x' Man

Many will understand the term being referred to, but I guarantee it will only be those who have been directly affected.

The No 'X' Man: A man who refuses to put x's or 'kisses' at the end of their texts/emails or anything else for that matter.

This man has complete power over us. He could write a one word response to our cleverly thought out, probably rewritten twice and double checked with a close friend, message, and yet we will still reward him with a full response? A full response. To one word.

I am of course referring to the stage in a relationship where the 'text' conversation accounts for 70% of the communication between you and your 'friend'.

So what does the lack of 2 overlapping lines at the end of the message mean? Is that just his style? Does it have some deep underlying psychological meaning? Or is he just trying to PISS US OFF?

My relationship with my no 'x' man continues...